Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Acting
Born 1914-04-02 Marylebone, London, England, UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 2.2
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He is most well known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original ...
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Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He is most well known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also played Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

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Talking Pictures poster
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013-01-05
Performance poster
Performance
as Heinrich Mann
1991-10-05
Screen One poster
Screen One
as Amos
1989-09-10
The South Bank Show poster
The South Bank Show
as Self
1978-01-14
Apostrophes poster
Apostrophes
as Self
1975-01-10
Film '72 poster
Film '72
as Self
1971-11-16
Omnibus poster
Omnibus
as Self
1967-10-13
ITV Playhouse poster
ITV Playhouse
as Jocelyn Broome
1967-09-25

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